<p>214 - Differentiable Manifolds
C218A - Probability Theory I</p>
<p>Has anyone taken these courses and know about how hard they are? I am wondering about the grading policy. I will probably take one of these along with 202A. 214 is a prereq for 219, 261A, 264, 242, etc. (If not 214, then I'll just take 140 in the spring.) I heard most undergraduates flunk out of these classes.</p>
<p>what classes have you taken?</p>
<p>218 is really hard unless you’ve taken 105 or 202a. Also, isn’t 202a a prereq for 214? I was in 218 for a couple weeks but had to drop because i didn’t have enough measure theory background. All the (Math/Stat/IEOR/Finance) GSIs that i’ve talked to found 218 to be difficult even for them. Beware that you’ll be one of the VERY few undergrads in the class and it may be difficult to form study groups since the majority of your classmates will be Phd students.</p>
<p>take a look at the lecture notes and see how comfortable you are:
<a href=“http://bibserver.berkeley.edu/205/WorkInProgress/DurrettTOC.html[/url]”>http://bibserver.berkeley.edu/205/WorkInProgress/DurrettTOC.html</a></p>
<p>I have a similar problem. I was planning on taking 202a and 250a Fall, but for some odd reason, administration put them at the same time… Now, I’m looking for a grad course to replace 250a since I"l just take 250a fall 2012 then. I’m not sure if 214 or C218A would work. As the above user said, I heard C218A requires a thorough background, and 214 requires 202a?</p>
<p>Well it looks like this is not manageable after all. 218A definitely requires you to know all of Royden, and while 214 is better, I heard the guy teaching it curves harsh.</p>
<p>The annoying thing is that Math 140 (differential geometry), 172 and other such courses are not available in the fall.</p>
<p>Also something I just noticed: Givental is teaching Math 123 (ODE’s), and he seems to use the Arnol’d textbook (much more theoretical than most others). Although, he does not curve his courses, so this is probably also not an option.</p>
<p>JetForcegeminix:</p>
<p>How is Stat 200A in your experience?</p>
<p>i didn’t take 200A but its definitely accessible for undergrads from what I’ve heard from my friends who’ve taken it.</p>
<p>Also, should I select Math202A for Phase I or II? I talked to the advisor last week but I couldn’t get a straight answer from him.</p>
<p>Don’t Phase I classes that are never full unless you really have no higher-priority classes. By the way, what did you end up deciding on? 214 requires 202a, and C218 is simply a no-go without a good background soo…</p>
<p>Plan A:</p>
<p>Math 202A
Stat 200A
Math 170
Econ 101B
Math 98 (LaTeX)</p>
<p>I don’t know any “accessible” math grad courses other than 202A and 250A. For 214 you need to know some of the material in math 202A, especially topology (up to the fundamental group and covering spaces). For C218A you need to know all of measure theory including the Radon-Nikodym theorem.</p>